Dark Universe

"The two instruments aboard Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) spacecraft with NASA contributions, have captured their first test images. The results indicate that the space telescope will achieve the scientific goals that it has been designed for – and possibly much more."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/euclid-mission-to-study-dark-universe-takes-first-test-images

Mars Sample

"NASA’s Mars Ascent Vehicle (MAV) recently reached some major milestones in support of the Mars Sample Return program."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-mars-ascent-vehicle-continues-progress-toward-mars-sample-return

Euclid

"The two instruments aboard Euclid, an ESA (European Space Agency) spacecraft with NASA contributions, have captured their first test images."

https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/euclid-mission-to-study-dark-universe-takes-first-test-images

Regulas

"On Friday, July 28, 2023, soon after sunset, see a strange and wonderful spectacle."

https://www.almanac.com/remarkable-star-regulus

Gravitational Astronomers

"For the first time, an image has revealed large dusty clumps near a young star that astronomers believe could gravitationally collapse to form giant planets."

https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/astronomy/image-planet-clump-young-star/

NASA Awards

"A difficult summer for the Starliner program continued this week, with Boeing reporting additional losses on the vehicle's development and NASA saying it's too early to discuss potential launch dates for the crewed spacecraft."

 https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/boeing-has-now-lost-1-1-billion-on-starliner-with-no-crew-flight-in-sight/

Starliner Program

"A difficult summer for the Starliner program continued this week, with Boeing reporting additional losses on the vehicle's development and NASA saying it's too early to discuss potential launch dates for the crewed spacecraft."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2023/07/boeing-has-now-lost-1-1-billion-on-starliner-with-no-crew-flight-in-sight/

Ancient Stellar Body

"Astronomers have discovered an ancient stellar body gatecrashing a gathering of hot, young stars."

https://www.space.com/old-star-crashes-party-solar-system-mystery

Space Age Recording

"A truly historic Space Age recording is up for auction as the personal copy of the master tapes belonging to Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan for the crafting of the Golden Record that flew on Voyager 1 and 2 goes on the block at Sotheby's."

https://newatlas.com/space/carl-sagans-personal-golden-record-tapes-auction/

NASA and LEGO

"Engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL) are busy keeping the Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter functioning in Jezero Crater on Mars while these robotic explorers continue the search for ancient microbial life on the Red Planet. But some of those same engineers have also been busy working with LEGO designers on new one-tenth-scale LEGO Technic buildable models of these very same robotic explorers with the goal of inspiring the next generation of NASA scientists and engineers."

https://www.universetoday.com/162180/nasa-and-lego-continue-brick-solid-partnership-with-perseverance-and-ingenuity-lego-models/

Interstellar Collaboration

"A Papua New Guinean international relations academic has called for more mentorship with local Universities to be guaranteed when overseas scientists visit his country."

https://cosmosmagazine.com/news/avi-loeb-interstellar-issue-collaboration/?utm_source=Cosmos+-+Master+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=4ef818d665-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_3f5c04479a-4ef818d665-181027409&mc_cid=4ef818d665&mc_eid=3e3d9f7a52

Cosmic Circle

"A mere 1,200 light years away from Earth sits a pair of cosmic circles, the remains of an ancient death."

https://cosmosmagazine.com/space/andes-optical-telescope-snaps-rare-double-lobe-nebula/